PMID- 32995116 OWN - NLM STAT- PubMed-not-MEDLINE LR - 20231112 IS - 2198-3844 (Print) IS - 2198-3844 (Electronic) IS - 2198-3844 (Linking) VI - 7 IP - 17 DP - 2020 Sep TI - HGF Mediates Clinical-Grade Human Umbilical Cord-Derived Mesenchymal Stem Cells Improved Functional Recovery in a Senescence-Accelerated Mouse Model of Alzheimer's Disease. PG - 1903809 LID - 10.1002/advs.201903809 [doi] LID - 1903809 AB - Stem cells have emerged as a potential therapy for a range of neural insults, but their application in Alzheimer's disease (AD) is still limited and the mechanisms underlying the cognitive benefits of stem cells remain to be elucidated. Here, the effects of clinical-grade human umbilical cord-derived mesenchymal stem cells (hUC-MSCs) on the recovery of cognitive ability in SAMP8 mice, a senescence-accelerated mouse model of AD is explored. A functional assay identifies that the core functional factor hepatocyte growth factor (HGF) secreted from hUC-MSCs plays critical roles in hUC-MSC-modulated recovery of damaged neural cells by down-regulating hyperphosphorylated tau, reversing spine loss, and promoting synaptic plasticity in an AD cell model. Mechanistically, structural and functional recovery, as well as cognitive enhancements elicited by exposure to hUC-MSCs, are at least partially mediated by HGF in the AD hippocampus through the activation of the cMet-AKT-GSK3beta signaling pathway. Taken together, these data strongly implicate HGF in mediating hUC-MSC-induced improvements in functional recovery in AD models. CI - (c) 2020 The Authors. Published by WILEY-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim. FAU - Jia, Yali AU - Jia Y AD - Stem Cell and Regenerative Medicine Lab Institute of Health Service and Transfusion Medicine Beijing 100850 China. AD - Experimental Hematology and Biochemistry Lab Beijing Institute of Radiation Medicine Beijing 100850 China. AD - South China Institute of Biomedicine Guangzhou 510005 China. FAU - Cao, Ning AU - Cao N AD - Stem Cell and Regenerative Medicine Lab Institute of Health Service and Transfusion Medicine Beijing 100850 China. AD - 920th Hospital of Joint Logistics Support Force Kunming 650032 China. FAU - Zhai, Jinglei AU - Zhai J AD - Stem Cell and Regenerative Medicine Lab Institute of Health Service and Transfusion Medicine Beijing 100850 China. FAU - Zeng, Quan AU - Zeng Q AD - Stem Cell and Regenerative Medicine Lab Institute of Health Service and Transfusion Medicine Beijing 100850 China. AD - South China Institute of Biomedicine Guangzhou 510005 China. FAU - Zheng, Pei AU - Zheng P AD - Stem Cell and Regenerative Medicine Lab Institute of Health Service and Transfusion Medicine Beijing 100850 China. FAU - Su, Ruyu AU - Su R AD - South China Institute of Biomedicine Guangzhou 510005 China. FAU - Liao, Tuling AU - Liao T AD - Stem Cell and Regenerative Medicine Lab Institute of Health Service and Transfusion Medicine Beijing 100850 China. FAU - Liu, Jiajing AU - Liu J AD - Stem Cell and Regenerative Medicine Lab Institute of Health Service and Transfusion Medicine Beijing 100850 China. FAU - Pei, Haiyun AU - Pei H AD - Stem Cell and Regenerative Medicine Lab Institute of Health Service and Transfusion Medicine Beijing 100850 China. AD - Experimental Hematology and Biochemistry Lab Beijing Institute of Radiation Medicine Beijing 100850 China. FAU - Fan, Zeng AU - Fan Z AD - Stem Cell and Regenerative Medicine Lab Institute of Health Service and Transfusion Medicine Beijing 100850 China. AD - South China Institute of Biomedicine Guangzhou 510005 China. FAU - Zhou, Junnian AU - Zhou J AD - Experimental Hematology and Biochemistry Lab Beijing Institute of Radiation Medicine Beijing 100850 China. AD - South China Institute of Biomedicine Guangzhou 510005 China. FAU - Xi, Jiafei AU - Xi J AD - Stem Cell and Regenerative Medicine Lab Institute of Health Service and Transfusion Medicine Beijing 100850 China. AD - South China Institute of Biomedicine Guangzhou 510005 China. FAU - He, Lijuan AU - He L AD - Stem Cell and Regenerative Medicine Lab Institute of Health Service and Transfusion Medicine Beijing 100850 China. AD - South China Institute of Biomedicine Guangzhou 510005 China. FAU - Chen, Lin AU - Chen L AD - Stem Cell and Regenerative Medicine Lab Institute of Health Service and Transfusion Medicine Beijing 100850 China. AD - South China Institute of Biomedicine Guangzhou 510005 China. FAU - Nan, Xue AU - Nan X AD - Stem Cell and Regenerative Medicine Lab Institute of Health Service and Transfusion Medicine Beijing 100850 China. AD - South China Institute of Biomedicine Guangzhou 510005 China. FAU - Yue, Wen AU - Yue W AD - Stem Cell and Regenerative Medicine Lab Institute of Health Service and Transfusion Medicine Beijing 100850 China. AD - South China Institute of Biomedicine Guangzhou 510005 China. FAU - Pei, Xuetao AU - Pei X AUID- ORCID: 0000-0002-2896-6021 AD - Stem Cell and Regenerative Medicine Lab Institute of Health Service and Transfusion Medicine Beijing 100850 China. AD - South China Institute of Biomedicine Guangzhou 510005 China. LA - eng PT - Journal Article DEP - 20200706 PL - Germany TA - Adv Sci (Weinh) JT - Advanced science (Weinheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany) JID - 101664569 PMC - PMC7507104 OTO - NOTNLM OT - AKT-GSK3beta signaling pathway OT - Alzheimer's disease OT - cMet OT - hepatocyte growth factor OT - hyperphosphorylated tau OT - umbilical cord-derived mesenchymal stem cells COIS- The authors declare no conflict of interest. EDAT- 2020/10/01 06:00 MHDA- 2020/10/01 06:01 PMCR- 2020/07/06 CRDT- 2020/09/30 06:13 PHST- 2019/12/30 00:00 [received] PHST- 2020/06/04 00:00 [revised] PHST- 2020/09/30 06:13 [entrez] PHST- 2020/10/01 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2020/10/01 06:01 [medline] PHST- 2020/07/06 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - ADVS1922 [pii] AID - 10.1002/advs.201903809 [doi] PST - epublish SO - Adv Sci (Weinh). 2020 Jul 6;7(17):1903809. doi: 10.1002/advs.201903809. eCollection 2020 Sep.